I agree that it looks like git is going to win, but for entirely different reasons: 1) The person who wrote it is famous. It wouldn't have been taken seriousl

I agree that it looks like git is going to win, but for entirely different reasons: 1) The person who wrote it is famous. It wouldn't have been taken seriously had (almost) anyone else written something comparable. 2) Network effects apply strongly here. You can't just use something else if you want to collaborate with people who use it. I'm not very happy about having to use git, but the pain numbs after a while. And, to be fair, it does have some cool features, although little-to-nothing inherent to git or its implementation.